Icelandic edit

Verb edit

virti (weak)

  1. first-person singular past indicative of virða
  2. third-person singular past indicative of virða
  3. first-person singular past subjunctive of virða
  4. third-person singular past subjunctive of virða

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wirˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (to burn). Compare Latvian vir̂t (to boil), Proto-Slavic *vьrěti (to boil), Hittite [script needed] (urāni, burns).[1]

An older theory from Pokorny suggests derivation from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (water, rain, flow); see the Latin river Avara.[2]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈvʲɪrʲ tʲɪ]
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Verb edit

vìrti (third-person present tense vérda, third-person past tense vìrė)

  1. (transitive) to boil, seethe
    kas verda kiaušinius? — who is boiling the eggs?
  2. (transitive) to cook, to make (food)
    aš noriu virti košę — I want to cook porridge
    mano mama verda vakarienę — my mum is making dinner

Conjugation edit

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “virti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 506–507
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag